Action Songs for Babies

Music time with your baby teaches more than you think. Take time with these baby songs each day and watch your baby grow.

Here are our favorite action songs for babies that your baby will fall in love with for hours of fun and developmental growth.

Let’s explore how to add these baby action songs into your baby’s routine at home.

Baby Songs

There are so many fun songs for babies out there but I bet it’s been years since you’ve sung them.

As a new parent these baby songs listed below is some of my favorites.

Part of what makes them my favorite is that they are also moving parts of their bodies as you sing with them. Combining both auditory skills and movement skills with your baby songs involves different parts of their brain.

A big win in my books when I can stimulate growth in various parts of my baby’s development.

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Clap Clap Clap Your Hands!

My daughter learned to clap recently and now she’s clapping at everything she does. She even claps when she successfully falls down from standing, too funny. It made me stop and think about how much we’ve been modeling for her how to clap and what fun it can be to celebrate the little things.

Of course, the teacher in me was spinning ideas of all the benefits she’s learning from learning songs with Mommy. Plus now we can add instruments like these baby instruments on Amazon to our music fun too.

Most importantly singing with your children creates such a special bond between you and your little one.

Skills to Develop during Music Time for Babies

Builds language development

Allows for self-expression

Learning about body parts

Increases listening skills and opportunities to follow directions

Builds social awareness

Increases attention span

Teaches order and sequence

Builds dexterity and muscle control

I hope that you’ll take time each day to sing with your baby! Music is such a gift in the life of a child.

If You’re Happy and You Know It

If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands.If you’re happy and you know it then your face will surely show it.If you’re happy and you know it clap your hands!

TIP: You can change clap to any action word too! (Shake, wave, snap, reach up high etc.)

Great post! I have a fair ammount of songs in my head that I can pull out any time to sing… but then when we attend storytime at the library and the super-fun library lady does all of her fabulous hand rhymes/songs with the kids- it makes me crazy that I can't remember them all when I want to! They are simple and I think I'll remember them at the time… but then when it comes down to it… I draw a blank. I need to go to her and get a list with all the hand movements and study them or something! anyway- great post